Firefox and ktorrent

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Re:Firefox and ktorrent
From: Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name>
To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: 05/23/2008 10:57 AM
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> Subject: Re:Firefox and ktorrent
> From: "Willy K. Hamra" <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com>
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: 05/23/2008 10:35 AM
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>> Paul Lemmons wrote:
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>>> I was trying to download a torrent today in hardy using firefox 3B5. In
>>> the past, before the upgrade, it would open ktorrent by default and 
>>> life
>>> was good. Now I get the cryptic message:
>>>
>>> aaa.bbb.ccc.torrent could not be opened, because the associated helper
>>> application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
>>>
>>> I have looked at the KDE file associations and they seem to be correct.
>>> I am thinking that this is a firefox thing. Try as I might, though, 
>>> I am
>>> not finding any way to perform the task it suggests. I have seen a
>>> number of others have asked the same question on the net but nobody,
>>> that I have found, has gotten an answer yet.
>>>
>>> Ktorrent is installed and it works perfectly. I can cut and past the 
>>> url
>>> into it by hand and the download starts without any problems.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>     
>> in firefox , edit --> preferences, applications tab, and edit the
>> .torrent preferences from there.
>>   
> I have been there. The "list of applications" is empty and there does 
> not appear to be any way of adding any.
>
I attacked the problem from a different angle. I asked "Why is the 
application window empty". I found a link that suggested that I "apt-get 
install firefox-gnome-support".  That fixed both the problem of the 
empty applications and as a happy side effect, the ability to click on a 
link and have it automatically open ktorrent.

-- 
Sometimes I wonder.  Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the height and breadth of it.

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